When quick from the saucepan the pudding jumped out, And danced in the sand on the floor. The dame began laughing, the parrot laughed too; The pudding bounced open the door; The door being open, Poll out of it flew, And they feared they should see her no more. Poll flew with her prize to the top of a tree; Gaffer pelted with dirt and with stones; When Goody, enraged that the parrot was free, Protested she'd break all his bones. Gaffer went in a rage, and he did not keep cool, He said he would go for his gun; And a host of young urchins, returning from school, Hurrahed at the glorious fun. Poll wickedly into a pond dropped the wig, By the side of which grew a tall tree; Gaffer cut a long bough, and fished for his wig; [glee. The boys danced and shouted with At last Gaffer managed to hook out his wig, Which suspended his desperate rage; Jack struck up a tune, and they all danced a jig, And the parrot flew back to her cage. HE cuckoo is a bonny bird, He sucks little birds' eggs, HE girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain, Cried gobble, gobble, gobble: The man on the hill, that couldn't stand still, Went hobble, hobble, hobble. HE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave them white bread, Some gave them brown, Some gave them plumcake, And sent them out of town. |